Samuel Stidham
dqfan2012.bsky.social
Samuel Stidham
@dqfan2012.bsky.social
Software Engineer. Stoicism. Go, PHP, Python, Ruby
@[email protected]
https://samstidham.dev
These are my "collector's editions." I use cheap paperbacks for studying, underlining and writing notes in the margins. #LOTR #MiddleEarth #HistoriesOfMiddleEarth
February 2, 2025 at 5:22 PM
I’m kicking off my first game dev project! Using Lua + Love2D to build a classic arcade-style game in 30 days. Got my kanban board set up and ready to go. Start: Jan 30; Deadline: Mar 1. More soon! Also, if you know a good open-source kanban board, I’m all ears. Think fully-featured Trello alt.
January 30, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Huge upgrade to my site! Added Uber FX for DI, all tests and linting pass, SonarQube, gosec, govulnchecker scans look great. Test coverage is low but will improve. Added Air hot reloader for local dev.
Changes: 34 files, 1652 additions, 233 deletions.
January 29, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Finally got my website’s CI/CD set up with GitHub Actions! 🚀 It now automatically runs linting checks, tests, and deploys to my DigitalOcean droplet. Time to shift focus to my first arcade game! I’ve picked a project that should take 30 days or less to complete. Excited to get started!
January 29, 2025 at 2:06 AM
I decided to port my Laravel site to Go Echo. Learning more about Echo has been an excellent experience. I need to figure out how to add hot reloading and it'll be perfect. I'm considering using Vite for building the front end assets. Then finally configure CI/CD. #golang #echo #framework
January 23, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Has anyone managed to get 7 Days to Die 1.2 working on a System76 Oryx4 (Nvidia) with Pop!_OS? Tried Proton 9.0.4 & Exp—older versions won’t launch. Any tips for troubleshooting Proton or figuring out launch options? New to Linux gaming and would love some help!

#Steam #Proton #LinuxGaming
January 19, 2025 at 5:43 AM
I got a facsimile of the first edition of The Hobbit. I wish it were an original first edition. Regardless, the book is beautiful. 🥰 #tolkien #thehobbit #jrrtolkien
January 5, 2025 at 12:54 AM
I think I would like to eventually become a Tolkien scholar. #tolkien #lotr #middleearth
January 3, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Me trying to explain how I built my own Linux distro (it involves a lot of cross-compilers). #LFS #Linux
June 17, 2024 at 8:15 PM
I really love studying stoicism and stoic philosophy. I don't think we should rid our emotions, we evolved with them for a reason. We should control our emotions instead of emotions controlling us. We can't always choose what happens to us, but we can choose how we respond. Respond with excellence.
January 5, 2024 at 6:34 AM
I'm a huge fan of D&D 5th edition. I really love all the options that @koboldpress.bsky.social makes for 5th edition.
December 25, 2023 at 6:17 AM